# LNemail review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> LNemail is an email provider. Its terms put it at KYC level 0 of 4: ID never required. NoKYC Score grades it 8.5/10 for privacy (excellent) and 5.7/10 for safety (fair). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. To watch: it has no publicly accountable operator. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "LNemail review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/lnemail

## Key facts
- **Category:** Email
- **KYC level:** 0 of 4: ID never required
- **Grades:** Privacy 8.5/10, Safety 5.7/10
- **Sign-up:** Random account number
- **Fees:** 1,000 sats per year; 100 sats per sent email after the first
- **Limits:** No attachments; plain-text display; account expires after one year unless renewed; no refunds
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://lnemail.net

## What it is
LNemail sells email accounts for a one-off Lightning payment: 1,000 sats buys an address valid for one year, opened with an access token through a web interface or REST API. No personal information is requested, and the terms state that the operators will never require or collect identification and that they remain anonymous. Sending costs 100 sats per email after a free first message, attachments are not supported and messages are shown as plain text. The terms say system logs are cleaned up after 30 days and that no link between IP addresses and accounts is stored. The software is published under the MIT licence; the site makes no end-to-end encryption claim and publishes no onion address.

## What the terms say about ID
Terms: "No KYC, Ever: We will never require or collect personal identification information from our users."

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: yes; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: not stated; Accepts Lightning: yes; Accepts cash: not stated
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Open source: yes; No-logs policy: not stated; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: no; 5+ years operating: not stated
- **Warnings:** May ask for ID: not in terms; Email required: not in terms; Phone number required: not in terms; Closed source: not in terms; Nobody accountable: yes

## Questions
### Does LNemail require KYC?
LNemail is rated KYC level 0 of 4 on this site: ID never required. Terms: "No KYC, Ever: We will never require or collect personal identification information from our users."

### Is LNemail safe to use?
LNemail has a Safety grade of 5.7 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 8.5 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is LNemail legit?
LNemail is a working email provider. Its operators do not publish a company or names, so nobody is publicly accountable for it. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.7 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is LNemail a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for LNemail.

### Do I need an account or email to use LNemail?
Random account number.

### What fees does LNemail charge?
1,000 sats per year; 100 sats per sent email after the first. Fees were recorded from LNemail's own pages and can change; check before you send.

### What are LNemail's limits?
No attachments; plain-text display; account expires after one year unless renewed; no refunds.

### Does LNemail have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on LNemail's own pages.

### Which cryptocurrencies does LNemail support?
LNemail supports BTC.

### Can I use LNemail over Tor?
LNemail does not publish an official onion address.

## Sources
- https://lnemail.net/
- https://lnemail.net/tos

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology